Part 109

=naturaliste=, _n.m.f._, naturalist. _adj._, naturalistic.

=naturalité=, _n.f._, citizenship, denizenship.

=nature=, _n.f._, nature; kind; habit, constitution, disposition, temper; life, life-size. _Don de la —_; gift of nature. _L’habitude est une seconde —_; habit is a second nature. _La — humaine_; human nature; mankind. _Payer en —_; to pay in kind. _L’art perfectionne la —_; nature is improved by art. _Prendre la — pour modèle_; to copy nature. _Dessiner d’après —_; to draw from nature, from life. _De — à_; calculated to. _Contre —_; unnatural. _adj._, _pommes de terre —_; plain boiled potatoes.

=naturel=, =-le=, _adj._, natural, native, inborn, innate, inherent, genial; artless, plain, home-bred. _Enfant —_; illegitimate child.

=naturel=, _n.m._, native; nature, naturalness; freedom from affectation, genuineness, simplicity; temper, constitution; feeling; life. _Les —s d’un pays_; the natives of a country. _— fort et robuste_; strong constitution. _Un homme d’un mauvais —_, _d’un bon —_; an ill-natured, a good-natured, man. _Au —_; naturally, to the life, life-size; (cook.) cooked plain.

=naturellement= (-rèl-mān), _adv._, naturally, by nature; genuinely, sincerely, candidly; plainly, freely, artlessly.

=naufrage=, _n.m._, shipwreck, wreck. _Faire —_; to be wrecked _or_ shipwrecked.

=naufragé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, castaway; wrecked, shipwrecked.

=naufrager=, _v.n._, to be shipwrecked, to suffer shipwreck.

=naulage=, _n.m._, freight, fare.

=naumachie=, _n.f._, naumachy (spectacle representing a sea-fight).

=nauséabond=, =-e=, _adj._, nauseous, loathsome, disgusting, sickening.

=nausée=, _n.f._, nausea, qualm, retching; loathing; disgust.

=nautile=, _n.m._, (mol.) nautilus; life-belt.

=nautique=, _adj._, nautical, nautic.

=nautiquement=, _adv._, nautically.

=nautoni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (poet.) pilot, mariner.

=naval=, =-e=, _adj._, naval, sea, nautical. _Combat —_; sea-fight.

☉=navée=, _n.f._, boat-load.

=navet=, _n.m._, turnip; (hort.) root.

=navetier= (nav-tié), _n.m._, shuttle-maker.

=navetière=, _n.f._, turnip-field.

=navette=, _n.f._, (ecc.) incense-box; (bot.) rape, rape-seed; netting-needle, shuttle. _Faire la —_; to go to and fro; to wobble. _Huile de —_; rape oil. _Point de —_; lock-stitch.

=naviculaire=, _adj._, (anat., bot.) navicular.

=navigabilité=, _n.f._, navigableness, seaworthiness.

=navigable=, _adj._, navigable, seaworthy.

=navigateur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, navigator; seafaring.

=navigation=, _n.f._, navigation, voyage, sailing. _— de plaisance_; boating, yachting.

=naviguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to navigate, to sail. _— en pleine mer_; to sail in the open sea.

=naviguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to row, to sail (a boat).

☉*=naville=, _n.f._, small irrigation canal.

=navire=, _n.m._, vessel, ship. [Not applied to men-of-war.] _Couler à fond un —_; to sink a ship. _Un — marchand_; a merchantman.

=navrant=, =-e=, _adj._, heart-rending, heart-breaking, distressing.

=navré=, =-e=, _part._, broken-hearted, wrung, rent, distressed. _Avoir le cœur —_; to be broken-hearted.

=navrer=, _v.a._, to wound, to distress; to rend the heart. _Cela me navre le cœur_; that rends my heart.

=nazaréen= (-ré-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-ré-è-n), _n.f._, Nazarite, Nazarene.

=n.b.=, (ab. of _Nota Bene_) _N.B._, _Nota Bene_.

=n.d.=, (ab. of _Notre Dame_) our Lady.

=ne=, _adv._, no, not. _Je — veux pas_; I will not. _Cela — vaut rien_; that is worth nothing. _Il — cesse de gronder_; he does not cease scolding, is always on the scold. _Je n’ose lui parler_; I dare not speak to him. _Je — peux me taire_; I cannot remain silent. _Je — saurais vous dire_; I cannot tell you. _Vous — devez pas_; you must not. _Je crains que cela — soit_; I fear that it is so. _Je — doute pas que cela ne soit_; I do not doubt it. _A moins que cela — soit_; unless that is so. _Il — fait que dormir_; he does nothing but sleep. _— ... que_; only, nothing but. _Il n’a a fait que cela_; he only did that. _Il — le fera plus_; he will not do it again. [_Ne_ is contracted into _n’_ before a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=né=, =-e=, _part._, born. _— de la mer_; sea-born. _Bien —_; of good birth, well-disposed. _Nouveau-—_, _m._, (_—-—s_), _nouveau-—e_, _f._, (_—-—s_) newly-born. _Mort-—_, _m._, (_—-—s_), _mort-—e_, _f._, (_—-—s_) still-born. _Je suis — à Londres_; I was born in London. _Premier —_; first-born.

=néanmoins=, _adv._, nevertheless, however, for all that, notwithstanding.

=néant=, _n.m._, nothing, naught, nothingness, emptiness, nonentity. _C’est un homme de —_; he is a man of nothing. _Mettre au —_; to annul, to set at naught.

=nébride=, _n.f._, fawn-skin (worn at the feast of Bacchus).

=nébuleuse=, _n.f._, (astron.) nebula.

=nébuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nebulous, cloudy, misty, hazy; obscure, gloomy.

=nébulosité=, _n.f._, nebulosity, obscurity, gloom.

=nécessaire=, _adj._, necessary, requisite, needful, unavoidable, indispensable.

=nécessaire=, _n.m._, necessaries, needful; dressing-case; work-box; canteen. _Se refuser le —_; to refuse one’s self the necessaries of life.

=nécessairement= (-sèr-mān), _adv._, necessarily; of course.

=nécessitante=, _adj.f._, absolute; (theol.) compulsory.

=nécessité=, _n.f._, necessity, exigence; need, want. _— n’a point de loi_; necessity knows no law. _Faire de — vertu_; to make a virtue of necessity. _La — est la mère de l’invention_; necessity is the mother of invention. _Les —s de la nature_; the wants of nature. _De —_; of necessity, necessarily.

=nécessiter=, _v.a._, to compel, to force; to necessitate; to oblige, to imply.

=nécessiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, necessitous, needy.

=nécessiteux=, _n.m._, pauper.

=nec plus ultra=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ne plus ultra.

=nécrologe=, _n.m._, obituary.

=nécrologie=, _n.f._, necrology, obituary.

=nécrologique=, _adj._, necrologic, necrological.

=nécromance= _or_ =nécromancie=, _n.f._, necromancy.

=nécromancien= (-ci-in), _n.m._, =-ne= (-ci-è-n), _n.f._, necromancer.

=nécromant=, _n.m._, necromancer.

=nécropole=, _n.f._, necropolis.

=nécrose=, _n.f._, (med.) necrosis.

=nectaire=, _n.m._, (bot.) nectary, honey-cup.

=nectar=, _n.m._, nectar.

=nef=, _n.f._, nave (of a church); (poet.) ship. _Moulin à —_; mill built upon a boat.

=néfaste=, _adj._, (antiq.) (of solemn festivals) of rest; inauspicious, of evil omen, unlucky. _Jour —_; day of mourning.

=nèfle=, _n.f._, (bot.) medlar.

=néflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) medlar-tree.

=négatif=, _n.m._, (photograph), negative.

=négati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, negative.

=négation=, _n.f._, negation, negative.

=négative=, _n.f._, negative, refusal.

=négativement= (-tiv-mān) _adv._, negatively.

=négligé=, =-e=, _part._, neglected, unnoticed, unheeded, unstudied; careless, slovenly. _Style —_; careless style. _Extérieur —_; slovenly exterior.

=négligé=, _n.m._, undress, negligee.

=négligeable=, _adj._, (math.) that can be neglected, trifling, unimportant. _Quantité —_; not important enough to be taken into account, or that can be set aside.

=négligement= (-gli-jmān), _n.m._, (arts) neglect.

=négligemment= (-ja-mān), _adv._, negligently, carelessly.

=négligence=, _n.f._, negligence, neglect; carelessness, oversight.

=négligent=, =-e=, _adj._ and _n._, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless; negligent person.

=négliger=, _v.a._, to neglect, to omit, to overlook, to slight, to pass over, to disregard, to pass by.

_se_ =négliger=, _v.r._, to neglect one’s self, to be negligent or careless. _Il commence à —_; he begins to be careless of his person.

=négoce=, _n.m._, trade, traffic, business. _Faire un gros —_; to carry on a large trade.

=négociabilité=, _n.f._, negotiability.

=négociable=, _adj._, negotiable, transferable.

=négociant=, _n.m._, merchant (wholesale).

=négociat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, negotiator, transactor.

=négociation=, _n.f._, negotiation, transaction.

=négocier=, _v.n._, to negotiate, to trade.

=négocier=, _v.a._, to negotiate; to be in treaty for. _— un mariage_; to bring about a marriage.

_se_ =négocier=, _v.r._, to be negotiating _or_ negotiated (of a thing).

*=négraille=, _n.f._, negro-race.

=nègre=, _n.m._, negro, black. _Travailler comme un —_; to toil and moil; to work like a slave.

=négrerie=, _n.f._, negro-yard.

=négresse=, _n.f._, negress.

=négrier=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, slave-ship, slaver; slave-dealer. _Capitaine —_; captain of a slave-ship. _Bâtiment —_; slave-ship. _Marchand —_; slave-dealer.

*=négrillon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, little negro, negro boy, negro girl.

=négromancien=, =négromant=, _n.m._ _V._ =nécromancien=, =nécromant=.

=neige=, _n.f._, snow; (bot.) guelder-rose. _De gros flocons de —_; large flakes of snow. _Amas de —_; snow-drift. _Boule de —_; snow-ball. _Il est tombé de la —_; there has been a fall of snow. _D’une blancheur de —_; as white as snow.

=neiger=, _v.imp._, to snow. _Il neige_; it snows.

=neigeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, snowy. _Temps —_; snowy weather.

=nélumbo=, _n.m._, (bot.) nelumbium.

=néméen= (-in), _adj.m._, Nemean.

=nénies=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) funeral dirges.

=nenni= (na-ni), _adv._, (fam.) no, not at all. _—-da_; no, indeed; certainly not.

=nénufar=, _n.m._, nenuphar, water-lily, water-rose.

=néo=, a prefix from Gr. νέος.

=néographe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, neographer.

=néographisme=, _n.m._, new way of spelling.

=néo-latin=, _adj._, neo-latin (applied to the seven modern languages derived from Latin).

=néologie=, _n.f._, neology.

=néologique=, _adj._, neological.

=néologisme=, _n.m._, neologism.

=néologiste=, _n.m._, neologist.

=néologue=, _n.m._, (b.s.) neologist.

=néophyte=, _n.m.f._, neophyte.

=néo-platonicien= (-ci-in), =-ne= (-ci-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, (_—-—s_) Neoplatonist. _Ecole —ne_; the Neoplatonist school.

=néo-platonisme=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), Neo-Platonism.

=néotérique=, _adj._, neoteric.

=néphralgie=, _n.f._, nephralgia.

=néphrétique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) nephritic (person affected with renal colic).

=néphrétique=, _n.f._, renal colic.

=néphrite=, _n.f._, nephritis.

=népotisme=, _n.m._, nepotism.

=neptune=, _n.m._, (astron., myth.) Neptune; (fig.) the sea; (tech.) nautical atlas.

=neptunien=, =-ne=, _adj._, (geol.) neptunian.

=nérée=, _n.m._, Nereus. _L’empire de —_ (poet.) the sea.

=néréide=, _n.f._, (myth.) Nereid.

=nerf= (nèrf), _n.m._, nerve, sinew; fortitude, vigor, strength, stamina; (bookbind.) cord, slip of tape. _Attaque de —s_; fit, nervous attack, hysterics. [The _f_ is mute in _nerf_, when used in the _pl._, and in _nerf de bœuf_.] _L’argent est le — de la guerre_; money is the sinews of war. _Donner sur les —s_; to make one feel nervous; to irritate one; to rack one’s nerves. _Manquer de —_; to be wanting in energy.

=nerf-férure=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (vet.) overreach.

=nérite=, _n.f._, (conch.) nerite.

=néroli=, _n.m._, neroli.

=nerprun=, _n.m._, (bot.) buckthorn.

☉=nervaison=, _n.f._, (med.) nervous system.

☉=nerval=, =-e=, _adj._, acting upon the nerves, nervine.

=nervé=, =-e=, _part._, nerved, nervose; corded.

=nerver=, _v.a._, to cover with sinews. _— un livre_; (bookbind.) to cord a book.

=nerveu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nervous; sinewy, brawny, muscular, wiry, vigorous. _Être —_; to be nervous. _Bras —_; sinewy arm.

=nervin=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, nervine.

=nervosité=, _n.f._, nervousness; nervosity.

=nervure=, _n.f._, (arch.) nerve; (bot.) nerve (of a leaf); (bookbind.) slips of tape, cording; (ent.) nervure; (carp.) rib, fillet; (needlework) piping.

=nestor=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Nestor; oldest, senior.

=nestorianisme=, _n.m._, (ecc. hist.) Nestorianism.

=nestorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._ and _n._, (ecc. hist.) Nestorian.

=net=, =-te=, _adj._, clean, neat, pure; clear, fair, empty; plain, distinct; easy, perspicuous; flat, frank, point-blank; (com.) net. _Une chambre —te_; a clean room. _Un cheval sain et —_; a horse warranted sound and free from any defect. _Ce vin est —_; that wine is clear. _Une écriture —te_; a fair hand. _Avoir la voix —te_; to have a clear voice. _Je veux en avoir le cœur —_; I will know the rights of it. _Faire maison —te_; to clear the house of servants. _Une réponse —te_; a plain answer. _Son bien est —_; his estate is clear. _Une pensée —te_; a clear thought. _Il a l’esprit —_; he has a clear understanding. _Avoir les mains —tes_; (fig.) to have clean hands; not to be mixed up in any shady enterprise. _Prix —_; trade price. _Bénéfice —_; clear profit.

=net=, _n.m._, fair copy. _Mettre au —_; to make a fair copy.

=net=, _adv._, clean, entirely; plainly, freely, flatly, point-blank, outright. _Il me l’a refusé tout —_; he flatly refused me or he refused me point-blank.

=nettement= (nèt-mān), _adv._, neatly; cleanly; clearly; distinctly, outright; frankly, plainly, flatly. _Parlez-lui —_; speak to him plainly, freely.

=netteté= (nèt-té), _n.f._, cleanness, cleanliness; neatness, clearness, distinctness, sharpness, purity, plainness, blamelessness. _Voir avec —_; to see with distinctness. _— dans la voix_; clearness of voice.

=nettoiement= (né-toa-mān), _n.m._, cleaning, cleansing, clearing; scouring, sweeping; brushing, wiping.

=nettoyage=, _n.m._ _V._ =nettoiement=.

=nettoyer=, _v.a._, to clean, to cleanse, to make clean, to scour, to wipe, to pick, to free, to clear, to rid (of), to sweep away, to sweep, to free (from); to drive off. _— un habit_; to clean a coat. _— les biens d’une maison_; to pay off the debts of a firm. _— le tapis_; to carry off the stakes; to sweep the board. _— la tranchée_; (milit.) to drive the besiegers from their trench. _— une maison_; (fig. fam.) to carry off the furniture.

_se_ =nettoyer=, _v.r._, to clean one’s self, to be cleaned. _— les dents_; to clean one’s teeth.

=neuf=, _n._ and _adj._, nine, ninth. _Un — de cœur_; a nine of hearts. [Neuf is pronounced _neu_ when it precedes an _adj._ or a _n._ beginning with a consonant or _h_ aspirate; and _neuv_, if the _adj._ or _n._ begins with a vowel or a silent _h_.]

=neuf=, _n.m._, new; something new. _À —_; anew, again; like new. _De —_; new. _Habiller de —_; to dress in new clothes. _Donnez-nous du —_; give us something new. _Il y a du —_; something has happened.

=neu-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, new; raw, green, young, inexperienced. _Maison —ve_; new house. _Faire corps —_; to take a new lease of life. _Il est tout — dans ce métier_; he is quite new to the business. _Une pensée —ve_; a new thought. _Remettre à —_; to do up; to make as good as new or equal to new.

=neume=, _n.m._, (plain chant) the singing of notes without words on one vowel.

=neure=, _n.m._, Dutch herring-boat.

=neutralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, (gram.) neutrally.

=neutralisant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (chem.) neutralizing body; neutralizing.

=neutralisation=, _n.f._, neutralization.

=neutraliser=, _v.a._, to neutralize.

_se_ =neutraliser=, _v.r._, to counteract each other, to become neutralized.

=neutralité=, _n.f._, neutrality.

=neutre=, _n.m._ and _adj._, neuter; neutral. _Pavillon —_; neutral flag. _Nom —_; neuter noun. _Verbe —_; neuter or intransitive verb. _Sel —_; neutral salt.

=neuvaine=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) novena, neuvaine (nine days’ devotion).

=neuvième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, ninth. _Il est le —_, _elle est la —_, _de sa classe_; he, she, is the ninth in his, in her, class.

=neuvième=, _n.f._, (mus.) ninth.

=neuvièmement= (-vièm-mān), _adv._, ninthly.

=neveu=, _n.m._, nephew. _pl._, (poet.) posterity, descendants. _Petit-—_, (_—s-—x_) grandnephew. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin once removed. _Nos —x_, _nos derniers —x_, _nos arrière-—x_; our posterity, our children’s children.

=névralgie=, _n.f._, neuralgia.

=névralgique=, _adj._, (med.) neuralgic.

=névritique=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (med.) neurotic.

=névrographie=, _n.f._, neurology.

=névrologie=, _n.f._, neurology.

=névroptère=, _adj._, neuropteral, neuropterous.

=névroptère=, _n.m._, neuropteran.

=névrose=, _n.f._, (med.) nervous affection, nervous disorder, neurose.

=névrotomie=, _n.f._, neurotomy.

=newtonianisme= (neu-), _n.m._, Newtonianism.

=newtonien=, =-ne= (neu-to-ni-in, -è-n), _adj._, Newtonian.

=newtonien=, _n.m._, Newtonian.

=nez= (né), _n.m._, nose; face; scent (of dogs). _— aquilin_; aquiline nose. _— retroussé_; turned-up nose. _— écrasé_, _épaté_; flat nose, pug nose. _Il s’est cassé le —_; he has broken his nose. _Donner sur le — à quelqu’un_; to strike any one on the nose. _Regarder quelqu’un sous le —_; to stare any one in the face. _Ne voir pas plus loin que son —_; to see no farther than one’s nose. _À vue de —_; by rule of thumb. _Avoir bon —_; to have a good nose. _Il saigne du —_; his nose is bleeding. _Au — de quelqu’un_; to a person’s face, under a person’s nose. _Rire au — de quelqu’un_; to laugh in any one’s face. _Fermer la porte au — à quelqu’un_; to shut the door in any one’s face. _— à —_; face to face. _Parler du —_; to speak through the nose. _Fourrer son — dans une affaire_; to thrust one’s nose into any business. _Mener quelqu’un par le —_; to lead any one by the nose. _Donner du — en terre_; to fall on one’s face; (fig.) to miscarry, to fail. _S’y casser le —_; to fail in anything. _Tirer les vers du — à quelqu’un_; to pump any one. _Jeter quelque chose au — de quelqu’un_; to cast a thing in any one’s teeth; to twit any one (with). _Il a bon —_; he is a sagacious man. _Il a un pied de —_; he looks foolish; he is sadly disappointed. _Faire un pied de — à_; to laugh at. _Qui coupe son — dégarnit son visage_; it is an ill bird that fouls his own nest. _Il lui en pend autant au —_; he may expect as much.

=ni=, _conj._, neither; nor; either; or. _Il n’est — bon — mauvais_; it is neither good nor bad. _— moi non plus_; nor I either.

=niable=, _adj._, deniable; (jur.) traversable.

=niais=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, ninny, simpleton; silly, simple, foolish. _Il a l’air —_; he has a silly look.

=niaisement= (nièz-mān), _adv._, sillily, foolishly.

=niaiser=, _v.n._, to stand trifling, to play the fool, to fiddle-faddle.

=niaiserie= (-èz-rî), _n.f._, silliness, foolishness, simplicity; silly thing, trifle, foolery, nonsense.

=niche=, _n.f._, niche, nook, corner; recess, alcove, retreat; kennel; trick, prank. _Faire une — à_; to play a trick upon.

=nichée=, _n.f._, nest (of young birds); brood; crew, gang, set. _Une — de souris_; a brood of mice.

=nicher=, _v.a._, to nestle, to build; to lodge. _Qui vous a niché là?_ who put you there?

_se_ =nicher=, _v.r._, to nestle, to nestle one’s self; to hide one’s self; to put one’s self. _Où la vertu va-t-elle se —?_ who could expect to find virtue there?

=nicher=, _v.n._, to nestle, to build a nest.

=nichet=, _n.m._, nest-egg.

=nichoir=, _n.m._, breeding-cage.

=nickel=, _n.m._, (metal.) nickel.

=nicodème=, _n.m._, noodle, booby, nincompoop. _C’est un grand —_; he is a great noodle.

=nicotiane= (-ci-), _n.f._, (bot.) nicotiana.

=nicotine=, _n.f._, nicotine.

=nictation=, _n.f._, nictation, nictitation.

=nicter=, _v.n._, (vet.) to nictate.

=nictitation=, _n.f._ _V._ =nictation=.

=nid=, _n.m._, nest; berth, post. _Petit à petit l’oiseau fait son —_; little strokes fell great oaks. _Trouver la pie au —_; to find what one is looking for. _Un — à rats_; a hovel, a mere hole. _— d’oiseau_; bird’s nest. _À chaque oiseau son — est beau_; home is home, be it never so homely. _On n’a plus trouvé que le —_; they found the birds flown.

=nidification=, _n.f._, nidification, nest-building.

=nidoreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nidorous.

=nièce=, _n.f._, niece. _Petite-—_, (_—s-—s_) grand-niece. _— à la mode de Bretagne_; cousin, once removed.

=nielle=, _n.f._, smut, blight; (bot.) rose-campion, corn-cockle, fennel-flower.

=nielle=, _n.m._, niello, inlaid enamel-work.

=nieller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to smut, to blast, to blight; to inlay with enamel-work.

_se_ =nieller=, _v.r._, to become smutty, blighted.

=nielleur=, _n.m._, (gold.) enameler of niello.

=niellure=, _n.f._, (gold.) niello-work.

=nier=, _v.a._, to deny, to gainsay, to disown, to deny the existence of; (jur.) to traverse. _Il nie que cela soit_; he denies that it is so.

_se_ =nier=, _v.r._, to be denied.

=nigaud=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, booby, simpleton, silly fellow; silly, foolish. _Un grand —_; a great booby.

=nigaud=, _n.m._, (orni.) booby, gannet.

=nigauder=, _v.n._, to play the fool, to trifle.

=nigauderie= (-gô-drî), _n.f._, silliness, tomfoolery; foolish trick.

=nigelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) fennel-flower.

=nihilisme=, _n.m._, nihilism.

=nihiliste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, nihilist, nihilistic.

=nilgaut=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) nylghau (kind of antelope).

*=nille=, _n.f._, tendril (of a vine).

=nilomètre=, _n.m._, nilometer.

=nimbe=, _n.m._, (paint.) nimbus, halo.

=nipper=, _v.a._, to fit out, to rig out.

_se_ =nipper=, _v.r._, to rig one’s self out. _Il s’est bien nippé_; he has rigged himself out very well; he is quite a toff.

=nippes=, _n.f.pl._, clothes, apparel; togs, toggery; things; furniture. [Mostly used in the plural.]

=nique=, _n.f._, (fam., l.u.) sign of mockery or contempt. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to mock any one, to make fun of. _Faire la — à la fortune_; to despise riches.

=nitée=, _n.f._ _V._ =nichée=.

=nitouche=, _n.f._, demure hypocrite. _Sainte —_; demure-looking person. _Faire la sainte —_; to look as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth.

=nitrate=, _n.m._, nitrate.

=nitre=, _n.m._, niter.

=nitreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, nitrous.

=nitrière=, _n.f._, niter-bed.

=nitrification=, _n.f._, nitrification.

_se_ =nitrifier=, _v.r._, to nitrify.

=nitrique=, _adj._, nitric.

=nitrite=, _n.m._, nitrite.

=nitrogène=, _n.m._ and _adj._, nitrogen; nitrogenous.

=nitroglycérine=, _n.f._, (chem.) nitroglycerine.

=nitro-muriatique=, _adj._, nitro-muriatic.

=nitrosité=, _n.f._, nitrosity, nitrous quality (of).

=nivéal=, =-e=, _adj._, growing in the snow; snowy.

=niveau=, _n.m._, level. _— d’eau_; water-level. _— à bulle d’air_; spirit-level. _— à perpendicule_; plumb-level. _Au — de_; on a level with, even with. _— des eaux_; water-mark. _Mettre de —_; to level, to make even.

=niveler= (ni-vlé), _v.a._, to make even, to take the level of, to level.

=nivellette=, _n.f._, level-indicator.

=niveleur= (ni-vleur), _n.m._, leveler.

=nivellement= (-vèl-mān), _n.m._, leveling.

=nivéole=, _n.f._, (bot.) snow-flake, snow-drop.

=nivereau=, _n.m._, _or_ =niverolle=, _n.f._, snow-bird.

☉=nivet=, _n.m._, (pop.) gratuity, tip, douceur.

=nivôse=, _n.m._, Nivôse, fourth month of the calendar of the first French republic, from December 21st or 22d to January 19th or 20th.

=nobiliaire=, _n.m._, nobiliary.

=nobiliaire=, _adj._, of the nobility, aristocratic.

=nobilissime=, _adj._, most noble.

=noble=, _adj._, noble, great, high, elevated. _Être de — sang_; to be of noble blood. _Il a l’air —_; he has a noble look.

=noble=, _n.m._, noble, nobleman.

=noblement=, _adv._, nobly, honorably, handsomely. _Vivre —_; to live like a noble.

=noblesse=, _n.f._, nobility, rank; nobleness, loftiness. _La haute —_; the higher nobility. _La petite —_; the petty nobility. _— de cœur_; nobleness of heart. _— de style_; loftiness of style.

=noce=, _n.f._, wedding, wedding-party; jollification, drinking-bout. _pl._, marriage, nuptials, wedding. _Habit de —s_; wedding suit. _Tant qu’à des —s_; (prov. pop.) plentifully, as much as you like. _N’être pas à la —_; not to be enjoying one’s self. _Gâteau de —_; bride-cake. _Faire la —_; to go on the spree, on the loose. _Je n’ai jamais été à pareilles —s_; I never had such a time of it.

=nocer=, _v.n._, to go on the spree, on the loose.

=noceu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, gay dog; gay woman.

=nocher=, _n.m._, (poet.) pilot. _Caron, le pâle —_; Charon, the grim ferryman. _Mon — face à face_; my pilot face to face (Tennyson).

=nocial=, _n.m._, wedding dress.

=noctambule=, _n.m.f._, noctambulist, sleep-walker.

=noctambulisme=, _n.m._, noctambulism, sleep-walking.

=nocturne=, _adj._, nocturnal, nightly, night, of night.

=nocturne=, _n.m._, (rel.) nocturn; (mus.) nocturne.